Ассирія

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Russian

Proper noun

Асси́рія (Assírijaf inan (genitive Асси́ріи)

  1. Pre-1918 spelling of Асси́рия (Assírija).

Declension

Ukrainian

 Ассирія on Ukrainian Wikipedia
Ассирія за часів найвищого піднесення (в сьомому столітті до нашої ери).

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Assyria, from Ancient Greek Ἀσσυρία (Assuría), from Akkadian 𒀾𒋗𒊏𒅀 (Aššūrāyu), from 𒀸𒋩𒆠 (Aššūr, Assur), its original capital.

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Proper noun

Асси́рія (Assýrijaf inan (genitive Асси́рії, uncountable, relational adjective ассирі́йський)

  1. (historical) Assyria (an ancient Semitic Akkadian kingdom and at times an empire, extant from the mid-23rd century BCE to 608 BCE and centred on the Upper Tigris river in northern Mesopotamia (present day northern Iraq, but at its maximum extent including parts of modern Iran, Syria, Israel, Palestine and Egypt))

Declension

Declension of Асси́рія
(inan sg-only j-stem fem-form accent-a)
singular
nominative Асси́рія
Assýrija
genitive Асси́рії
Assýriji
dative Асси́рії
Assýriji
accusative Асси́рію
Assýriju
instrumental Асси́рією
Assýrijeju
locative Асси́рії
Assýriji
vocative Асси́ріє
Assýrije

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